Sayer
#8,083 most common boys' name of all time · #20,349 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1984–2025
Rank among boys
#8,083
Rank overall
#20,349 of 105,966
First appeared
1984
Years on the list
37 of 146
All-time
417
Since 2016
117
Peak year
2017 #3,846
Best rank
#3,846 2017
Girls
Boys
peak 28/yr
Sayer first appears in 1984. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,545 |
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,372 |
| 2023 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,253 |
| 2022 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,297 |
| 2021 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,223 |
| 2020 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,081 |
| 2019 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #7,876 |
| 2018 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,427 |
| 2017 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,846 |
| 2016 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,198 |
| 2015 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,632 |
| 2014 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,610 |
| 2013 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,723 |
| 2012 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,861 |
| 2011 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,234 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,103 |
| 2009 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,437 |
| 2008 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,990 |
| 2007 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,864 |
| 2006 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,956 |
| 2005 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,569 |
| 2004 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,359 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #6,519 |
| 2002 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,803 |
| 2001 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,767 |
| 2000 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,158 |
| 1999 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,345 |
| 1998 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,640 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,738 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,767 |
| 1995 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,478 |
| 1994 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,369 |
| 1993 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,111 |
| 1991 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,851 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,301 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,865 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,317 |